Ken Jennings Apologizes to Jeopardy! Contestant for "Problematic" Clue

Jeopardy! Faces BACKLASH for "Disrespectful" Gabby Petito Clue

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One Jeopardy! hint raised eyebrows during the Oct. 28 episode, prompting host Ken Jennings to apologize to the episode’s sole pistillate contestant.

The clue successful question was located successful the “Complete the Rhyming Phrase” class and was worthy $400. Contestant Heather Ryan selected the clue, which read, “Men seldom marque passes at…”

Heather was incapable to reply the clue, which went alternatively to contestant Will Wallace, who finished the punctuation correctly, saying, “What are ‘Girls who deterioration glasses’?”

And notably, Heather was wearing glasses.

In the moment, Ken noticed the statement, which has been credited to precocious writer Dorothy Parker, admitting, “A small problematic, atrocious Heather,” to which Will agreed, replying, “Very.”

Neither Heather nor Will went connected to win Jeopardy! with the triumph alternatively going to chap contestant Ian Taylor.

But plentifulness of viewers commented connected the sexist hint online, with immoderate adjacent feeling that it should’ve person been caught before it went on the show.

"It was conscionable stupid," different X idiosyncratic wrote. "But helium did the close happening particularly since 1 of the panelists was a young beauteous pistillate wearing glasses."

“More similar highly problematic!” a 3rd idiosyncratic wrote. “#girlswithglasses #Jeopardy.”

This isn’t the archetypal clip the amusement has been called retired for a faux pas. In March 2023, the bid accidentally revealed the last scores astatine the commencement of the episode, spoiling the extremity results for viewers.

And successful November 2022, fans called retired a arguable hint on Celebrity Jeopardy! in which the amusement brought up the decease of Gabby Petito by utilizing a hint involving her erstwhile fellow and suspected murderer Brian Laundrie to get contestants to conjecture the due answer, “What is alligator?”